This dismal summit showed yet again the disjunction between the Prime Minister's bold words and feeble achievements: the desperate need for urgent CAP reform remains unmet; the cry of the third world for the opening of EU markets unheard; the call from Europe's unemployed and struggling businesses for a bonfire of regulations and directives unheeded; the Crisis of Fraud in the EU budget untackled; and the confident claims of moving Europe in a new direction has proved to be so much empty spin.